diff --git a/src/common-elements/ReadMore.tsx b/src/common-elements/ReadMore.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff25761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common-elements/ReadMore.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import styled from '../styled-components';
+import {ShelfIcon} from "./shelfs";
+import {Markdown} from "../components";
+
+
+export interface ReadMoreProps {
+  content?: string;
+}
+
+interface ReadMoreState {
+  open: boolean
+}
+
+const ReadMoreWrapper = styled.div`
+  position: relative;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  max-height: ${(props: ReadMoreState) => props.open ? 'auto': '5em'};
+  padding-bottom: ${(props: ReadMoreState) => props.open ? '3em' : '1em'};
+`;
+
+const ReadMoreButtonBackground = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  text-align: center;
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0.3), white);
+  width: 100%;
+  bottom: 0;
+  padding: ${(props: ReadMoreState) => props.open ? '0': '2em'};
+`;
+
+const ReadMoreButton = styled.span`
+  background: #999;
+  color: #fff;
+  padding: 0.3em 0.75em;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+`;
+
+export class ReadMore extends React.Component<ReadMoreProps, ReadMoreState> {
+  constructor(props: ReadMoreProps) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      open: false
+    };
+  }
+
+  toggle = () => {
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      open: !prevState.open
+    }));
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { content } = this.props;
+
+    if (!content) {
+      return <ReadMoreWrapper open={false} />
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <ReadMoreWrapper open={this.state.open}>
+        <ReadMoreButtonBackground onClick={this.toggle} open={this.state.open}>
+          <ReadMoreButton>
+            <ShelfIcon
+              size={'1.5em'}
+              color={'white'}
+              direction={this.state.open ? 'up' : 'down'}
+            />
+            {this.state.open ? 'CLOSE' : 'READ MORE'}
+          </ReadMoreButton>
+        </ReadMoreButtonBackground>
+        <Markdown source={content} />
+      </ReadMoreWrapper>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Operation/Operation.tsx b/src/components/Operation/Operation.tsx
index 1283a6ad..025e9d31 100644
--- a/src/components/Operation/Operation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Operation/Operation.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ResponseSamples } from '../ResponseSamples/ResponseSamples';
 import { OperationModel as OperationType } from '../../services/models';
 import styled from '../../styled-components';
 import { Extensions } from '../Fields/Extensions';
+import { ReadMore } from "../../common-elements/ReadMore";
 
 const OperationRow = styled(Row)`
   backface-visibility: hidden;
@@ -31,10 +32,24 @@ const Description = styled.div`
   margin-bottom: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing.unit * 6}px;
 `;
 
+const ReadmorePattern = /<!--\s*READMORE\s*-->/;
+
 export interface OperationProps {
   operation: OperationType;
 }
 
+function splitDescription(description) {
+  if (!description) {
+    return ["", ""];
+  } else {
+    // str#split split at all occurence of matched string.
+    // So "a<!--READMORE-->b<!--READMORE-->c" --> ["a", "<!..>", "b", "<!..>", "c"]
+    const [head, ...rest] = description.split(ReadmorePattern);
+    const more = rest.join("");
+    return [head, more];
+  }
+}
+
 @observer
 export class Operation extends React.Component<OperationProps> {
   render() {
@@ -43,6 +58,7 @@ export class Operation extends React.Component<OperationProps> {
     const { name: summary, description, deprecated, externalDocs } = operation;
     const hasDescription = !!(description || externalDocs);
 
+    const [headDescription, moreDescription] = splitDescription(description);
     return (
       <OptionsContext.Consumer>
         {options => (
@@ -55,7 +71,8 @@ export class Operation extends React.Component<OperationProps> {
               {options.pathInMiddlePanel && <Endpoint operation={operation} inverted={true} />}
               {hasDescription && (
                 <Description>
-                  {description !== undefined && <Markdown source={description} />}
+                  {description !== undefined && <Markdown source={headDescription} />}
+                  <ReadMore content={moreDescription}/>
                   {externalDocs && <ExternalDocumentation externalDocs={externalDocs} />}
                 </Description>
               )}